tearful

tear·ful  (tîrfl)

adj.

1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.

2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama.

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tearful·ly adv.

tearful·ness n.

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tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl]

adj

1. about to cry

2. accompanying or indicative of weeping a tearful expression

3. tending to produce tears; sad

tearfully  adv

tearfulness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties" dry-eyed, tearless - free from tears
	2.	tearful - showing sorrow                       dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

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tearful

adjective

1. weeping, crying, sobbing, in tears, whimpering, blubbering, weepy (informal), lachrymose She was tearful when asked to talk about it.

2. sad, pathetic, poignant, upsetting, distressing, harrowing, pitiful, woeful, mournful, lamentable, sorrowful, pitiable, dolorous a tearful farewell

Translations

tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl] ADJ [eyes, voice] → lloroso; [farewell, reunion] → emotivo
she was surrounded by tearful children → estaba rodeada de niños que lloraban
she felt a bit tearful → se le saltaron las lágrimas
to become or get tearful → ponerse a llorar

tearful [ˈtɪə^rfʊl] adj → éploré(e)
His tearful family came to pay their last respects → Sa famille éplorée est venue rendre les derniers hommages.
to be tearful (= weeping) → être en pleurs (= inclined to weep) → au bord des larmes
to become tearful → fondre en larmes

tearful

adj look → tränenfeucht; face → tränenüberströmt; farewell, reunion → tränenreich; he looked at her with tearful eyes → er sah sie mit Tränen in den Augen an; to become tearful → zu weinen anfangen; she is a tearful person → ihr kommen leicht die Tränen; there were a few tearful moments → es gab ein paar tränenvolle Augenblicke; …, she said in a tearful voice → …, sagte sie unter Tränen

tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl] adj (face) → coperto/a di lacrime; (voice) → piangente; (person) → in lacrime
she looked a bit tearful → sembrava che stesse per piangere